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Sl NGl NG: # ..my true l0ve gave tO me

# Tw0 turtle d0ves

# And a partridge in a pear tree

# On the third day 0f Christmas

# My true l0ve gave t0 me

# Three French hens

# Tw0 turtle d0ves... # Ow!

# And a partridge in a... # Get out of it.

Oi, you, sit down. I NDISTI NCT SHOUTI NG

# On the f0urth day 0f Christmas

# My true l0ve gave t0 me

# F0ur calling birds, three French hens

# Tw0 turtle d0ves

# And a partridge in a pear tree. #

BELL Rl NGS

BELLS CHIME

TENSE MUSIC

DOORBELL Rl NGS

DOORBELL Rl NGS

BANGl NG AT DOOR

Wl ND HOWLS

l 've called the p0lice!

Linda.

MUSIC REACHES CRESCENDO Get out.

Get out of here.

Just As The Tide Was Fl0wing by Bellowhead

# One m0rning in the m0nth 0f june

# D0wn by a r0lling river

# There a weary traveller chanced to stray

# And he beheld his l0ver

# Her cheeks were red, her eyes were brown

# Her hair in ringlets hanging d0wn

# She'd a l0ve* face without a frown

# just as the tide was fl0wing. #

Can y0u hear that?

No. Exact*.

I 've been c00king 0ver an h0ur and not once have I set

the sm0ke alarm 0ff.

I 'm proud of you.

What have you put on them?

Nutmeg.

It's a james Oliver recipe.

I think he probably meant a sprinkle.

Too much nutmeg sends you doolally.

Real*?

When I was little, I made a cake and put three tablespoons in

instead of teaspoons.

Nan swore she could see Bruce Forsyth licking

the sugar off her mince pies.

That's an image that may stay with me for some time.

Ready for the big switch-on?

Can't wait.

Ha- ha- ha! Ah!

Oh, you don't think it's too much, do you?

N0, l l0ve it.

It's our first foster placement at Christmas.

J ust want everything to be perfect.

It is.

And what's m0re Christmassy than fairy lights,

sausage r0l* and... ALARM BEEPS

...f0rgetting t0 turn the 0ven 0ff?

Oh...

And what about Beth and Aaron?

Are they still in Dubai?

Yes, yes. N0t sure they'll m0ve back any time soon,

at least n0t until the kids have finished school.

I suppose you get used to the weather.

Will they come back at Christmas, though?

D0ubt it.

I 'm expecting rather a quiet one this year.

Mm.

Well, how are you?

Oh, y0u kn0w.

It's a cliche, but the first 12 months really are the hardest.

Hmm.

You know I 'm always here for a chat, Bob. You know that?

Thank y0u.

What?

This is g0ing t0 s0und ridicul0us, but, erm...

...after y0u l0st Anth0ny...

...did y0u ever...

...see him?

Why am l s0 nerv0us?

Well, I suppose it's our first teenager.

Teenager, yes, g0sh.

I must remember, "Don't try to be too cool."

You've never had that problem before.

I have been c00l - thank y0u. SHE LAUGHS

There was a sh0rt peri0d in the mid- '9Os.

DOORBELL Rl NGS

SHE SIGHS

KNOCK AT DOOR

G0d.

H i, hi, hi. Sorry I tm late.

I tm having one of those days!

This is Jaiden.

Hi, Jaiden. Hell0, mate.

Jaiden, this is H umphrey and Martha.

H umphrey and Martha?

Have you got Wi - Fi?

Oh, yes.

Yeah, it's, erm... lt's Waterside.

Ah, the... The passw0rd is Se*yn -

S- E- L-W-Y- N - 123.

Cheers.

Y0u're welc0me.

Hets a lovely kid.

He might just take a while to warm up.

Sorry I haventt got the paperwork and info.

The girls in the office are sorting that

cos I have to be in court in...

. .an hour!

Oh. We'll be fine.

Well, the sooner I get out your way, the sooner you can

all get to know each other.

Any problems, you know where I am.

OK?

OK?

Erm, do you want to take his bag?

Yes.

Erm...

Oh.

Shall we go inside?

BELL Rl NGS

TENSE MUSIC

HE SIGHS

RATTLl NG

Get out.

Get out of here!

It's n0t y0u.

It isn't y0u!

Punk The Hal* by Chris Unck

LAUGHTER

Morning. Got you a chocolate croissant.

Thank y0u.

SHE LAUGHS LOUDLY

What you doing?

Did y0u see it?!

Santa Claus dropping his trousers?

It's hilari0us!

Ho- ho- ho- ho! Right.

I h0pe this isn't my Christmas present.

No. We're doing secret Santa this year, remember?

Ah, y0u g0t me s0mething nice, then?

Well, I got you a little, erm...

Hang on a minute.

How do you know I 'm buying for you?

Remember th0se little n0tes we all got,

telling wh0 was paired with wh0?

Yeah.

Wh0 d0 y0u think sent them?

It's not very secret, is it?

Perk 0f the j0b!

Well, I 've only got one present left to buy.

Mum wants an epilator, whatever that is.

Oh, y0u have t0 st0p by the church.

They've had a break- in. When?

Wel* they disc0vered it this morning,

but it c0uld've been any time this week.

Think I 'll head over now, before I get settled in.

Oh, yeah, that's quite cool.

LAUGHTER

l think they're actual* attached to his head.

We c0uld have them surgical* removed.

Aw, he's fine.

J ust let him settle in.

Besides, it's good he's got friends he can talk to.

Yes.

I feel bad, th0ugh, having to go to work.

But I can change my work hours. You can't.

That's why I 'm primary carer.

I still feel bad ab0ut not helping out more.

Well, the idea is this feels like a normal home for him,

and in a normal home, someone goes to work every day.

Yep, y0u're right.

I 'm always right. I thought we established that.

Did we?

We did.

I 'll get the car keys.

DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES

M0rning, Anne.

H0w's life ab0ard?

Very cosy. Thanks.

Could I ask for some advice?

Oh, if it's what t0 get Martha for Christmas

then l am n0 g00d t0 y0u, I 'm afraid.

I haven't the f0ggiest.

It's a bit trickier than that.

It's my friend Bob Holland.

I 'm worried about him.

He lost his wife earlier in the year.

Well, he says he's been seeing her,

in the house.

Like a gh0st?

Yes.

Well, the thing is he's really not like that.

He's the last person I 'd expect to have something like this from.

Wel* erm, grief affects pe0ple in different ways.

Perhaps he sh0uld g0 and have a chat with his doctor.

Well, I ... I said that to him yesterday.

But it happened again last night.

And this time, there was something else.

Writing on a mirror.

Hi.

So Humphrey's gone to work, but I 've got the day off,

so I thought we could do something.

What about bowling?

There's a new bowling place in the retail park.

It's been a while but... No, thanks.

Oh, OK.

Anything else?

Cinema?

I 'm just quite happy staying here, if that's OK.

Yeah, of course it is.

It had a padl0ck 0n it, which was a bit ancient, to be fair.

N0t sure it w0uld've put up much resistance.

So do you know what was taken?

As far as l can see, just the Virgin Mary.

Or she w0uld've been, once we'd got her frock on.

The Nativity scene.

Oh, right.

Yeah, it's weird, l kn0w, but our wonderful volunteers

put it t0gether a few years ag0, and it holds a very dear place

in their hearts.

Erm, any CCTV?

N0t 0n my watch.

And what are these?

Cl0thes d0nati0ns.

We're d0ing a c0llecti0n to ship overseas.

Erm, 0n* put the practical stuff in the shipping pile.

Everything e*e can g0 to the charity shop.

Yeah, of course.

And, ah, who would know what's in the cupboard?

Me, church v0lunteers, big fella.

Right. No-one else?

Isn't that en0ugh?

Watch out!

GASPS

So when did we become Mulder and Scully?

We're n0t here t0 investigate an actual ghost, Sergeant.

I just said we'd p0p in as a favour to Anne, that's all.

It'll 0n* take us five minutes.

To do what?

Listen t0 him.

Tell us how he saw a ghost?

Yes.

A*h0ugh there was an unusual physical manifestation -

w0rds apparent* written on a mirror.

See? You do this every time. HE RI NGS DOORBELL

D0 what?

Get involved ! DOOR OPENI NG

Yes.

Mr H0lland.

Morning.

It's good of you to come.

I 'm sure you've got far more important things to do.

Wel* usual* these things have some form of explanation.

Anne th0ught we sh0uld at least take a look, put your mind at rest.

She says y0u saw y0ur wife 0n two consecutive nights?

Yes. Ah...

DOOR OPENS

The first time was in the rose garden at the side of the house.

Ah, the second time...

TENSE MUSIC

...here.

And, erm, did she speak?

She looked at me and said, "Get out.

"Get out of here."

That's al*

I 'm not sure I can explain what I saw, but it was Linda.

I saw her as clearly as I see you now.

A gh0st?

No. Yes.

How the hell do I know?

I 'm not an idiot, I nspector.

I 'm not delusional or given to flights of fancy.

I 'm not on medication.

Nor was I drunk.

I saw what I saw.

Yet...

...your wife is deceased.

Yes. Yes, she is.

I lost her...

...11 months ago tomorrow.

She, erm...

I held her hand as she passed,

said my goodbyes.

Nine days later, holding our children as tightly as I could...

...we buried her.

Yet I saw her last night.

So you may take that particular square peg

and force it into a round hole any way you choose.

Yes.

Anne a*0 said s0mething about a mirror.

It looked like wax.

It was gone by this morning, but the word "leave"

was smeared on the glass.

A recurring theme.

Y0u think y0ur wife was trying to warn you about something?

I don't know.

But if she was, have y0u any idea what it might concern?

The only thing I can think of is this place.

Oh?

Yes. I decided to sell up, give the kids their inheritance,

buy somewhere smaller, go travelling.

And is that still the plan?

Well, that's rather the point.

The kids talked me out of it.

This is the home they grew up in.

It's full of memories.

Neither of them thought I should part with it, so I decided to stay.

SMASHl NG

DOOR OPENS

Dad?

Oh. Hi, sweetheart.

DOOR CLOSES

Hello.

This is, ah, Fiona, my youngest.

I thought you werentt getting the estate agents back?

No. Actually, we're police officers.

DI Goodman, DS Williams.

Anne asked them to stop by.

You think someonets behind all this?

We don't "think" anything yet.

Right, wel* we'l* erm...

We'll leave y0u t0 it, B0b.

Yes. But please get in t0uch if anything e*e, you know, occurs.

Yes. We'll see 0urse*es 0ut. Thank you.

Estate agents?

CHUCKLl NG: Oh, yes.

SHE SIGHS

Do you believe him?

I abs0lute* believe that he believes he saw his wife, yes.

Yet the only way that's possible is if she's a ghost.

Is it?

She's dead.

Yes, there is that.

But then l 'm sure that was a trace of wax I found on the mirror,

s0 if that part is real...

I nspector Goodman? DS Williams?

Look...

... I don't know what's going on, but if somebody is trying to

get at my dad about not selling the house

then I think I might know who it is.

I mean, 4K, razor-sharp images, even from this distance!

Marcus Dhillon? Hello?

DS Williams, DI Goodman.

Hell0.

Can we have a quick word?

Ah, yeah, of course.

Ah, so sorry - I tll be back in a minute.

I tll just leave you with the lovely Donna.

Take it youtre not Christmas shopping, then.

Unf0rtunate* n0t.

We'd like t0 talk t0 y0u about Bob Holland.

Oh. We understand fr0m his daughter that you've been looking to buy

a h0use fr0m him?

That bloke should be locked up.

Ah, because he pulled 0ut from the sale?

Yeah.

He pulled out on the morning we were due to exchange.

We lost our buyers, lost all the money on the surveys,

and ha* our stuff was in storage!

His daughter thinks someone might be trying to harass him,

make him put the house back on the market.

By that you mean me, I suppose.

You tell us.

Well, I aintt been anywhere near him,

not that anyone would blame me if I had.

The bloke stitched me up!

POP MUSIC BLARES FROM SPEAKERS

MUSIC STOPS

Well, come on, then - what am I supposed to have done?

Did you know Mr Holland's wife?

No, never met her.

And where were y0u 0n the tw0 previous nights between

8pm and midnight?

I was here.

You know, itts Christmas, and I was working late.

Oh, g00d.

Then l assume y0u have the CCTV fr0m the shop that can substantiate that?

It's a lot of trouble to go to,

just to convince someone to sell you their house.

Wel* he seems t0 be the 0n* one who stands to gain

fr0m B0b H0lland selling up.

Mmm, there's his kids.

What's that house worth, over a million?

That's a lot of money.

But they're the 0nes wh0 talked him out of selling, remember?

OK. Then maybe it was no-one.

A husband, still grieving for his dead wife, hits a bottle

of Scotch, gets off his face and thinks he sees her in the garden.

That works for me.

Yes.

But?

I d0n't kn0w.

There's just s0mething that doesn't feel quite right.

Let's g0 and talk t0 his daughter again.

C0me al0ng.

KNOCK AT DOOR

Hello?

Thought you might like something.

Yeah, yeah. I know.

What you doing now?

Well, actually, I was going to suggest we go over

and see Mum, say hello.

She's literally over there.

Not till tomorrow or something.

Sorry?

You still there?

Oh, right.

So you're not actually talking to me, are you?

You're on the phone.

Yeah, I 'm still here.

The Wi - Fi's just rubbish.

Right, I 'll just...

...put that there.

DOOR CLOSES

Tr0uble Br0ught Me Here by Martin Simpson

Aw, thanks, Kelby.

C0uldn't have d0ne it with0ut y0u.

Happy to help.

I d0n't supp0se y0u fancy staying and helping us

with the rest 0f these bags?

Well, I 'm supposed to be looking for your Mary, remember?

W0rth a try.

Y0u and y0ur mum c0ming t0 the Christmas service?

Ah, I am.

Mum's getting her feet looked at.

Oh, hello, Kelby.

Super, ah, Chief Super... Ma'am.

So we had a collection.

Oh, thanks, Charlie.

Kelby's helping us find our Virgin Mary.

Oh. Can't have a Christingle service without the full

Nativity, n0w, can we?

No.

So she's been stolen?

Constable?

Yes, ma'am.

Erm, y-yes, she... She went, erm, kissing -

ah, missing, a few days ago.

But I 'll find her. Yes.

Yes, I 'm sure you will.

Right. I 'd better get going.

Haven't you forgotten something?

Ahem.

Right. Yeah, yeah, you mean...

Not...

OK. Ah...

HE TRl PS ..bye.

DOOR BANGS

He was going to kiss me, wasn't he?

Yep.

Yeah.

Always call.

Look, moving into a new placement is a very stressful time

for these kids.

You have to remember they didntt ask to be put into care,

and because of that they feel like they have no control.

So just...leave him to do his own thing?

Youtre doing exactly the right thing.

Itts baby steps until he gets to trust you.

For the first few days, most kids dontt want to say anything

that might get them into trouble or upset their carers,

in case they get sent somewhere else.

That's awful.

Itts their lives.

Look, you and H umphrey are amazing.

J ust trust your instincts, OK?

OK.

Thanks, Hannah. No worries.

Bye.

Thank y0u.

So you spoke with Marcus?

Erm, yes.

He denied having anything t0 d0 with what happened at the house.

Well, he would, wouldn't he?

But who else would benefit from Dad selling up?

You would.

Except I 'm the one that convinced Dad not to sell.

And why did y0u d0 that?

We thought he'd regret it.

Him and Mum, that was their home.

All those memories.

He's struggling enough as it is.

I was worried that losing the house might make things worse.

I 'm surprised he listened to me, to be honest.

Usually the only person he ever took advice from was Mum.

But it was the best thing for Dad, and we don't care about money.

Oh, no!

What do you do, Colin?

I work with mycelium.

Kind 0f fungus- based materia*

Exactly that, yeah.

And what can you make from mycelium?

Well, ah...

HE BANGS TABLE . .shoes!

Belts.

Anything you can use leather for, basically.

Although it is quite high-density, so you could also use it to

make things like bricks and packaging materials and the like.

Please don't get him started !

I can show you the workshop if you like?

Oh, no than... I would love to see that!

Yeah, I had it built last year.

Wasntt cheap but, ah, youtve got to get ahead of the curve, you know?

Trust me, in 20 yearst time, we wontt need money.

Wetll just grow everything we need.

This is amazing!

Fiona, you have a sister?

How did she feel when your dad decided not to sell

the house after all?

Beth?

She agreed with me.

We both grew up in that house.

She didn't mind missing out on the money?

Beth's married to a fancy lawyer and lives in Dubai.

She already has more money than she knows what to do with.

Right.

Erm... Oh.

Is this cup mycelium?

Yeah.

What ab0ut this?

No, thatts a lamp.

N0, 0f c0urse.

Well, these mannequins are going for, like, 200 quid on the net.

Makes sense why someone nicked them, now.

Then why didn't they take all of them?

What do you mean?

Wel* if they're w0rth that much money, why just take one?

There's j0seph, Three Wise Men, and a shepherd.

AND the Baby jesus.

Oh, he's actually a doll. OK.

What ab0ut the 0ther f0ur, then?

If they're w0rth 2OO quid each, why not take 'em al*

That's a very good question, Margo.

Mm. So that means they might've been disturbed.

But by who?

Or they could only carry one at a time and something happened

to them before they could go back for another one.

Or they were hoping that, by only taking one,

it wouldn't be missed.

N0, if y0u ask me, it has to be kids.

They've br0ken in, nicked the first one they saw, took it somewhere,

put a c0ne 0n its head, took some photos

and chucked it in the estuary.

No, because it would float.

Someone would've found it.

Wel* they c0uld have dumped it anywhere.

L Try T0 Be G00d by Andy Powell

CHEERl NG

Hey, mate!

Hey. H0w's it been?

Oh. I told him I needed to check on something here.

It's the only thing I could think of to get him out of the house.

Pr0bab* just needs time t0 come out of his shell.

I 'd settle for getting him out of his coat. Hmm.

He's been like this all day.

I feel completely useless.

Oh, n0, Martha.

Hannah said it might be like this.

It might take a few days f0r him to work us out

and feel safe en0ugh t0 0pen up.

N0w, l supp0se we need t0 let him do things at his own pace.

Here you go.

Try these out. Ooh.

Added honey, like you said.

H0- h0! Pigs in blankets.

Christmas has 0fficial* begun.

But mind out - theytre. . . Oh!

Oh! Oh...

. . hot. Are you all right?

LAUGHTER

Oh, Zoe, what do teenage boys talk about?

Ah...

People they fancy, mostly?

Ah, football, computer games.

Theytre very basic creatures.

He's still on his phone, I see.

Don't start, Mum.

I think it's time for a firm talking -to.

That's not the answer to everything.

Didn't do you any harm.

Oh, Humphrey. You all right?

Yeah...

Mm, yeah.

So did you talk to Bob?

Oh, erm, yes. Yes.

Esther and l went t0day.

And?

Wel* it's just as y0u said.

He's c0nvinced he saw his wife.

Poor man.

For a good while after your father died, I thought

I saw him everywhere, running for a train or sitting

in a restaurant with his back to the window as I passed by.

But I suppose it's natural.

Wel* B0b H0lland is something quite different.

He said he saw his wife head-0n, a few feet away,

and that she sp0ke t0 him.

Heavens.

So I don't suppose there's anything you can do.

Wel* the h0use is secure en0ugh, and he's not in any danger.

Now, I think a certain person might be

wrapping my Christmas present.

Let's take a sneak peek.

Bob!

BOB SOBS

DRAMATIC MUSIC

Get...out.

LOUD KNOCKl NG

KNOCKl NG CONTl NUES

It's Bob.

Vl DEO: Oh, Bob! BOB LAUGHS

He looked very sleepy.

Yes, all right, darling. He'll be fine.

H0w is he?

He's exhausted.

The hospital said to let him rest,

so I 've convinced him to lay on the bed for an hour.

S0 wh0 called the ambulance?

He called it himself.

He thought he was having a heart attack.

The hospital did some blood tests.

We're waiting on the results but the ECG was fine.

They think he might've had a panic attack.

It's hardly surprising after what he said he saw.

The hospital said they'd call if they found anything else.

Vl DEO: Oh, B0b!

He must've been terrified.

Poor love!

Thank you for coming, Anne.

Look, I can stay for a while, Fiona, if that helps.

Bless you.

You know, I don't think these videos are helping matters.

They're a recent thing?

Dad asked us to put all the memory cards onto DVDs.

Now I 'm thinking it's just...

...bringing everything back to him.

I 've got to get to work.

You go.

I 'll be here.

Thanks, Anne.

Thank you. Don't worry, don't worry.

I 've been trying to make a list of everyone who visited

the church in the past week.

It's impossible.

I mean, see, I 've got all the Christmas people,

all the people who donated clothes,

and that's without the people who just went in to do churchy stuff.

It's only a mannequin.

J ust log it and move on.

But what about the Nativity?

Well, can't you lose a shepherd, use him as Mary?

No, they glued beards on the male ones.

Can't have a Mary with a beard.

M0rning.

How is he?

Oh. H0me n0w.

Yes. Anne's g0ing t0 keep an eye on him.

Yeah, thatts three nights running now.

Maybe you should have someone stay with him.

Oh, a night in a haunted h0use?

That's n0t a bad idea.

Sir? Hmm?

I 've been going through the CCTV from the electrical shop.

And?

Well, there's a big chunk missing.

A whole hour on the first night Bob Holland supposedly

saw his ghost.

Someone turned off the cameras.

Itts not what you think.

And what do we think?

That itts something to do with Bob Holland and his house.

And you're saying it's not?

I suggest y0u tell us the truth.

And you promise this is going to stay between us?

No.

All right, all right!

But therets no reason to tell my wife?

Y0ur wife?

Donna? Donna !

Do you believe them?

Wel* the lady in questi0n seemed very upset that...

PHONE Rl NGS ..their secret liaison had been

br0ught t0 light.

Not as upset as I 'd be. HE CHUCKLES

Anne?

Humphrey, there's something you need to see.

Jaiden?

KNOCKl NG

Jaiden?

Jaiden?!

L00k, l 've checked everywhere.

I 've talked t0 sh0pkeepers, the lads on the markets,

searched bins. l 've put up p0sters.

And no-onets called?

I 've had 0ne call.

S0me guy said he saw her "with three blokes on came*".

All right, well, wetll just have to do the service without her.

Y0u can't d0 that.

It w0uld l00k weird.

Whe... Where's he supp0sed t0 have come from if his mum's not there?

Wetll improvise. Itts what we do.

The Chief Super's c0ming t00, isn't she?

Yeah.

I have t0 find the Virgin Mary.

I saw it from an upstairs window.

Must have been weed killer or something.

Who would do such a thing?

At least youtve seen things with your own eyes.

Now perhaps youtll believe me.

Esther?

Excuse me.

L00k at this.

Wh0ever wr0te that must've had a leak.

L00k, there's an0ther 0ne.

And another over there.

There's 0ne there.

Seems t0 st0p here. Hm.

Oh...

Oh, great.

Argh!

What have you found?

I might be wr0ng,

but l think l 've just f0und the Virgin Mary.

Oh, G0d.

Is that a wig?

And a speaker?

Yep.

And weed killer.

D00rs by Megan Henwood

# N0-0ne's an island, darling

# G0 ask y0ur friends

# l kn0w the times are trying

# This tunnel ends with a light

# When we reunite

# When the d00rs are final* flung open

# We will c0me running t0 y0u... #

That is Lindats dress.

I bought it for her.

So someone took it from the house?

No. No, we cleared out all her things,

gave it to charity.

I 'm sorry, but Bob really should be resting.

Yes, yes, 0f c0urse.

We might be able to trace the dress.

Yes. Ah, B0b, s0 the mannequin, lit by this torch,

with this speaker as a v0ice, does that work?

Thatts not what I saw.

Maybe it's completely unrelated?

We have kids messing about over the fields.

Maybe thatts it.

What I saw was my wife,

not this...

Whatever it is.

Come on.

I was worried about you!

I 'm s0rry.

Oh, don't be.

Got all my steps in.

Y0u must think l 'm real* rude.

Why?

Sitting 0n my 0wn all the time, a*ays on my phone.

It's OK.

You're still settling in.

It's good you're talking to your friends.

I wasn't talking t0 my friends.

If this isn't what B0b H0lland saw, then what's the link?

I mean, there has t0 be a link, Margo.

I mean, if she was f0und with the weed killer used to spell out

the w0rd "leave" 0n the grass, the very sentiment that

supp0sed* came fr0m 0ur gh0st,

wel* it has t0 be c0nnected, doesn't it?

Yeah. No, thank you for letting us know.

We'll be in touch if we think it's important.

Thank you.

Bye.

That was Fiona Bensted.

She knew about the pillbox.

Her and her sister used to play in there as kids,

but she doesn't know anything about a mannequin, or the other

stuff for that matter, but she did say something interesting.

The hospital ran blood tests.

They've reported finding a substance in his system.

They're checking it now.

He said he wasn't 0n medicati0n.

Mm.

If there were drugs in his system, let's get someone over

t0 the H0lland h0use and collect the whisky bottle

and glass he was drinking fr0m, and get it to the lab.

Oh, and Marg0, time f0r s0me background checks, I think.

Best d0 the H0lland fami*

and 0ur spurned h0use- buyer Marcus Dhillon first.

Yes? Thank y0u.

Righty-o.

If 0n* y0u c0uld talk.

You don't have to keep these things to yourself, you know?

I know it must be difficult, but we can talk about it.

Might help a bit.

He's my baby br0ther.

My baby br0ther Ben.

That's wh0 l 've been talking t0.

We've g0t different dads, so they took him to his.

He lives in l reland, so I couldn't go there.

Thing is, we were a*ays t0gether, you know?

He g0t upset, saying he wanted to see me at Christmas and that.

S0 l g0t a bit stressed.

I 'm s0rry, I didn't mean to walk off.

Oh, you've got nothing to be sorry about.

I think it's lovely you're looking after your little brother,

and making sure he's OK.

He ain't g0t any0ne e*e, y0u kn0w?

N0-0ne wh0 cares f0r him like l d0.

Why don't you phone him now?

Might stop you worrying about him.

PHONE Ll NE Rl NGS

Hello?

All right, br0?

What y0u d0ing?

J ust up in my room.

Dad's gone out and the lady's cooking.

Yeah? What y0u having?

Fishfingers, chips and hoops.

D0n't, br0, y0u're making me hungry.

Vl DEO: # ..three French hens, two turtle doves

# And a partridge in a pear tree! #

OK, there is literally nowhere else in Shipton Abbott I can look.

Unless she got on a train all by herself,

or a boat or something, and...and went to another country,

then I have no idea where she could have gone.

Either that, or someone cut her up

and posted all the pieces somewhere...

Kelby... Or tied something to her leg,

like a concrete block or something, and dumped her out to sea.

Kelby!

I mean, how do you not notice someone with

the Virgin Mary tucked under her arm?

It's behind you.

I know it's Christmas, Margo, but I 'm not in the mood !

Mm...

J ust...

Yeah, bye. Oh!

OK, so the substance found in Bob Hollandts system is something

called DMT.

DMT. Dimethy*ryptamine, of course.

What is it? lt's a hallucin0genic drug

f0und in s0me plants and anima*.

That has t0 be it.

H mm, looks like dangerous stuff.

Therets some horrible side effects.

Maybe that's why he had that funny turn.

Get 0nt0 the lab. lf that drug is in the whisky glass,

that's a huge part 0f whatever this puzzle is.

On it. Nothing much on the background checks.

Marcus Dhillon has been manager there for nine years.

Married, three kids.

No criminal record,

unless you count 11 parking fines in the past year.

Ha!

Nothing on the Holland daughters.

Mum and Dad both come back clean as a whistle.

The only thing of note...

...is Colin Bensted.

Fi0na's husband? Serial entrepreneur, by all accounts.

One fad after the next.

Our mycelium man.

Well, he seems to fail at all of them.

Up to his eyes in debt.

S0 much f0r n0t caring ab0ut m0ney. Mm.

S0 a*h0ugh Fi0na persuaded her father not to sell the house,

that d0esn't mean her husband agreed. No.

And we kn0w he had access to the house.

You got it! Yes.

Thanks. The glass and bottle are both clean.

N0! Oh!

Let me see what you have on this DMT.

So who found it, then?

The inspector.

That's weird.

What is?

I saw that jumper yesterday.

Mum bought me one just like it, year before last,

only mine's a bit more greeny.

HE CHUCKLES

Where did y0u see it?

At the church, when I was investigating the break- in.

They had loads of clothes in bags, donations.

Bruce F0rsyth.

Bruce F0rsyth!

Martha's nan had t00 much nutmeg 0ne Christmas and thought

she saw Bruch F0rsyth licking the sugar off her mince pies.

And why Bruce F0rsyth?

Because certain hallucin0genics sh0w you a version of what's already

0n y0ur mind, and as an avid Brucie fan, that's exact* what she saw!

So, because Bob Holland was watching videos of his wife,

thatts what he saw.

With m0re than a little help, I suspect.

Wait. Wait, wait!

Of c0urse that's what y0u did.

So?

S0...

Dad, I just think you need more time to think things through.

When B0b's daughter Fi0na discovered her dad was selling

the fami* h0me, she was h0rrified.

She persuaded him t0 change his mind, to stay in the house.

Dad, just... J ust listen to me for a second.

I think you're going to regret it.

But n0t as h0rrified as her husband Colin on finding out his wife

was turning away hundreds of thousands of pounds

fr0m the sale 0f the h0use.

Deep in debt, he knew he needed t0 find a way

t0 make his father- in-law carry 0ut his plan

t0 sell the h0use and share the money between his daughters.

But h0w?

I think the answer came fr0m Fi0na,

when she said she was surprised that her father had listened to her.

And why?

Because the 0n* pers0n he had listened to in the past was...

H is wife Linda.

Exact*! And fr0m that simple premise, a plan was born.

C0lin Bensted's latest venture was working with mycelium,

s0 it's fair t0 assume he has a working knowledge of botany,

which means it's a*0 reas0nable t0 suspect that he knew about DMT,

a natural* 0ccurring hallucinogenic which

amplifies what's already on your conscious mind.

And...

...h0w t0 harvest it.

But the whisky glass and bottle were clean.

That's right. Ah, yes - but look.

One meth0d 0f DMT getting int0 the system is through inhalation.

It can be sm0ked.

And what e*e was in the r00m?

A fire. Yes.

And what better way t0 deliver drugs into someone's system

with0ut them kn0wing, and t0 burn the evidence in the process?

Knowing that Bob Holland would light the fire,

then sit alone in this room

watching DVDs of his late wife.

He knew that B0b's late wife Linda would be on his mind.

That's a given.

But h0w t0 make sure that Bob Holland saw what he needed

t0 see, and, m0re imp0rtant*, hear what he needed to hear?

H0w c0uld he be sure that she'd deliver the message he wanted?

N0w, we'd already heard that Fi0na had cleared her mother's

cl0thes fr0m the h0use.

And they must have given them to the church.

That's where I saw the jumper.

Yes, Kelby!

Keeping one of Lindats dresses back.

N0w all he needed was s0mething t0 hang the dress on.

It's 0ne 0f the things that's bugged me all the way through.

The gh0st was a*ays seen 0utside.

Why?

Sh0uldn't gh0sts be able t0 walk through wal*?

But mannequins cantt.

Oh, but wait - Bob was really specific about what she said,

and she said the same thing every time.

Was that the drug too?

Oh, n0.

That was the clever part.

C0me and l00k.

Now, I think a certain person might be wrapping my Christmas present.

Bob!

Will you get out? I bet it's socks. Get out of here.

"Get 0ut.

"Get 0ut 0f here."

So he just lifted it from the videos when he was making the copies

and distorted it.

Get out of here.

N0w, we kn0w he had access t0 the house,

s0 the bel* were easy en0ugh.

BELLS Rl NG

Linda...

Get out of here.

The final ingredient, the writing on the mirror, added effect.

And the poisoned grass was done the night that Bob Holland

went to the hospital, so a haunting wasntt possible.

Exact*.

Clever, really.

Evil, more like. Or both.

SHE LAUGHS

Um...

No, this one. Oh, this one?

Yeah, that one's fine. Yeah? Yeah.

G00dbye England By Laura Marling

# Y0u were s0 smart then in your jacket and coat

# My s0ftest red scarf was warming your throat

# Winter was 0n us

# At the end my n0se

# And l 'll never l0ve England m0re than when covered in snow... #

LAUGHTER WITHl N

# But a friend 0f mine says it's good to hear

# That y0u believe in l0ve even if set in fear... #

Two words.

Second word.

Oh! Humphrey?

Clumsy! Um...

Man!

First word.

Swing your arm?

Dancing?

Brushing? I roning !

I ron!

I ron... I ron Man!

Yes! Well d0ne!

Yeah!

That's two to you, bro. Get you back next time.

Hello. Hello, you.

Is everything OK, then? Piece of cake.

S0 what's the secret? I 'm not sure there is one.

And wh0's the, um, small virtual person?

That's Jaiden's little brother Ben.

That's who he was talking to on the phone all the time.

And if you can't beat them... join them.

Sorry if this is a bit weird.

Oh, g0sh, it's n0t weird at all.

Pe0ple c0ming t0gether is what makes Christmas, isn't it?

Oh! And...

...sausage rolls.

My sausage r0l*. Very true.

Ah, very g00d.

Mm.

Mm, g00d. These are very...

Wh0a.

Is that Bruce F0rsyth?

Oh! N0, n0, n0, it is.

Bruce?!

These are very g00d.

Mm ! Mm.

# Feel like running

# Feel like running... #

Hi, sweetheart. l 'm s0rry.

Oh, my G0d, what's this? Grandad ! Come here!

Did y0u...? Y0u!

Grandad !

Can't believe y0u've fl0wn fr0m Dubai! Come here!

Oh, it's so great to see you.

Is it f0r me? G0 0n, g0 0n.

C0me 0n, b0ys, in we g0.

What a w0nderful surprise!

# Y0u were s0 smart then in your jacket and coat

# My s0ftest red scarf was warming your throat

# Winter will leave us

# Left the end 0f my n0se

# Wel* g00dbye 0ld England until next year's snow. #

Hello, young man. Merry Christmas. Welcome.

Hi. You OK? Merry Christmas.

Good to see you. Hi.

Thank you for coming.

Can I ...? Er, yeah, sure.

I feel very Christmassy.

# On the eleventh day 0f Christmas my true love gave to me

# Eleven pipers piping

# Ten l0rds a-leaping

# Nine ladies dancing... #

Jaiden...

Why don't you call Ben?

# Seven swans a-swimming

# Six geese a-laying

# Five g0lden rings

# F0ur calling birds

# Three French hens

# Tw0 turtle d0ves

# And a partridge in a pear tree. #

All right, everyone, I think this is the part we join in.

# On the tweffth day 0f Christmas my true love gave to me

# 12 drummers drumming

# 11 pipers piping

# Ten l0rds a-leaping

# Nine ladies dancing

# Eight maids a- milking

# Seven swans a-swimming

# Six geese a-laying

# Five g0lden rings

# F0ur calling birds

# Three French hens

# Tw0 turtle d0ves

# And a partridge in a pear tree. #

Merry Christmas.